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Niceland

2004 / 86min/ Drama / Friðrik Þór Friðriksson

Jed and Chloe in their early 20’s live a very simple life in the city. They love each other, find happiness in the smallest things and plan to get married. One day the death of Chloe’s cat triggers inconsolable sadness and a deep confusion in the meaning of life for both Jed and Chloe. Chloe’s tears keep her home but Jed begins a fruitless search for the meaning of life, hoping he can bring back Chloe’s smile. Alone at night he sees a tramp Max on TV whom he believes may hold the key. Jed visits him in the city dump. The awkward duo starts a journey that unexpectedly brings newfound hope to both men and Chloe.

Director Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
ORIGINAL TITLE Næsland
ENGLISH TITLE Niceland
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE English
GENRE Drama
PRODUCERS Skúli Fr. Malmqvist & Thorir Snaer Sigurjonsson
CO – PRODUCERS Mike Downey, Bo Ehrhardt, Meta Louise Foldager, Thomas Springer, Sam Taylor & Helmut G. Weber
CAST Martin Compston, Gary Lewis, Peter Capaldi, Kerry Fox, Shauna Macdonald, Guðrún María Bjarnadóttir, Guðrún Gísladóttir & Timmy Lang
SCRIPT Huldar Breiðfjörð
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Morten Söborg
EDITOR Sigvaldi J. Kárason and Anders Refn
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Árni Páll Jóhannsson
SOUND DESIGN Kjartan Kjartansson
MUSIC Mugison
COSTUMES Helga I. Stefánsdóttir
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